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 99 STAT. 1632

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985 Subtitle E—Grain Inspection GRAIN STANDARDS

SEC. 1671. Section 4 of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 76) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(c) If the Government of any country requests that moisture content remain a criterion in the official grade designations of grain, such criterion shall be included in determining the official grade designation of grain shipped to such country.". NEW GRAIN CLASSIFICATIONS 7 USC 76 note.

Report. Wheat.

SEC. 1672. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall direct the Federal Grain Inspection Service and the Agricultural Research Service to cooperate in developing new means of establishing grain classifications taking into account characteristics other than those visually evident. (b) The Secretary shall report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, semiannually, with the first report due not later than December 31, 1985, on the status of cooperative efforts required under subsection (a), as such efforts relate to more accurately classifying types of wheat and other grains currently in use. STUDY OF GRAIN STANDARDS

R^ulation.

Prohibition.

SEC. 1673. (a)(1) The Office of Technology Assessment shall conduct a study of United States grain export quality standards and grain handling practices. (2) The Office of Technology Assessment shall conduct such study— (A) in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture; and (B) in accordance with Section 3(d) of Technology Assessment . Act of 1972 (2 U.S.C. 472(d)). (b) In conducting such study, the Office of Technology Assessment shall— (1) evaluate the competitive problems the United States faces in international grain markets that may be attributed to grain quality standards and handling practices rather than price; (2) identify the extent to which United States grain export quality standards and handling practices have contributed toward the recent decline in United States grain exports; and (3) perform a comparative analysis between— (A) the grain quality standards and practices of the United States and the major grain export competitors of the United States; (B) the grain handling technology of the United States and the major grain export competitors of the United States; (4) evaluate the consequences on United States export grain sales, the cost of exporting grain, and the prices received by farmers should United States export grain elevators be subject, by law or regulation, to requirements that— (A) no dockage or foreign material (including but not limited to dust or particles of whatever origin) once removed from grain shall be recombined with any grain if

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